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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

White liberals face their own latent racism when their daughter introduces them to her black fiance.

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Description

Comedy drama108 Mins1967
Starts01/19/2021Expires01/26/2021

When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel to San Francisco to meet her parents. Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife Christina (Katharine Hepburn) are wealthy liberals who must confront the latent racism the coming marriage arouses. Also attending the Draytons' dinner are Prentice's parents (Roy E. Glenn Sr., Beah Richards), who vehemently disapprove of the relationship.

Moods

  • Powerful
  • Amusing
  • Emotional

Cast

  • Spencer Tracyas Matt Drayton

    Spencer Tracyas Matt Drayton

  • Katharine Hepburnas Christina Drayton

    Katharine Hepburnas Christina Drayton

  • Sidney Poitieras Dr. John Wade Prentice

    Sidney Poitieras Dr. John Wade Prentice

  • Katharine Houghtonas Joanna "Joey" Drayton

    Katharine Houghtonas Joanna "Joey" Drayton

  • Cecil Kellawayas Monsignor Mike Ryan

    Cecil Kellawayas Monsignor Mike Ryan